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In 26.17 we’ve got a small amount of relief for top lane with Nasus and Vayne nerfs, and some followup on last patch to a handful of champions and items. We’re buffing a variety of melee AD carries, like Irelia, Qiyana, Yasuo, and Yone, who’ve been forced to snowball-or-lose for a while instead of having a reliable endgame to scale towards. Xerath continues to overperform in the mid lane in particular, as do Nocturne and Graves in the jungle. Finally, Sundered Sky wasn’t hit quite as hard...
With this patch, we have a bunch of systems adjustments aimed at some of the strategies that have been emerging in bot lane, as well as opening up some space for itemization diversity in jungle.
Recently we've been seeing increased support roaming really early into the game, to the point where they seem to be operating as a second jungler. While this may be interesting as a strategic option, we feel it is damaging to game integrity when it's the default approach and supports are no longer meaningfully...
Welcome to patch 26.15 and Season 3, where Bel’Veth, the Empress of the Void has some changes she’d like to introduce to you, starting with her patchwork update that leans into her evolution fantasy (permanent ult form, anyone?). After that, we’ve got some nerfs to some recent and longer overperforming champions in Locke, Naafiri, Riven, Sylas, and Morde, and then a handful of buffs to some large tanky champions (and Kai’Sa I guess), along with some item and rune adjustments.
Hail the victorious three-peat champions, and welcome to Patch 26.14! This patch we have an array of changes to champs like locking down Locke, helping our favorite fish who's flopping a little in support, and hitting mute on the songstress in bot lane. Blue buff is getting a little bit of love, and we have some adjustments to a few items.
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Our newest demon-huntin' baddie Locke is hitting the Rift this patch! You can check him out in between MSI matches—but you won't see him on that big stage yet. We've also got balance changes to a swathe of champions, from everyone's favorite “always chasin' charms, never savin' ADCs” support, to the Darkin who just won't die in my games.
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We've got some more changes to follow up the recent Season 2 & support meta with a nerf to AP Xin Zhao and buff to Yuumi, as well as preparation with an eye towards MSI on the patch after this one through creating opportunities for some diversity in champion picks in the tournament. While some of these changes are specifically pro-oriented (sorry, Varus), most of them should be pretty applicable across all levels of play, like Lee Sin and Nocturne being less menacing in the jungle. We'll be continuing...
Welcome to the first League Classic community poll. Our goal with these polls is to involve you, the community, in the direction that we take League Classic. Questions in these polls cover two broad types:
Sentiment, which we use to identify broad areas to investigate and directions for improvements.
Binding, which we use to make the call on an approach for an improvement.
Since 2009, we've continuously done one thing: evolve the game. New and reworked champions, items, runes, modes, you name it. We're always looking for ways to keep League fun and fresh.
But every now and then, when we talk about where we're going, we hear many of you talk about where we've been.
"Remember experimenting with old Runes and Masteries to play things like Bankplank? Or terrorizing opponents with AP Master Yi or Sion mid? What about AD Alistar? Remember 95% ban rate Kassadin?"